Can we teach character? An Aristotelian answer

Academy of Management Learning and Education

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 68-81

  Hartman, Edwin M ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33749244928     PISSN: 1537260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMLE.2006.20388386     Document Type: Article

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